ETF comparison
DFAS vs VB
Both US Small Cap.
U.S. Small Cap Portfolio-ETF Class Shares · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF
Holdings overlap
956 positions appear in both funds. Buying equal dollars of DFAS and VB would leave roughly 51.3% of each dollar exposed to the same underlying securities.
Unmatched is the part of a fund's weight the other fund doesn't match: names only it holds, plus any extra weight it puts in names both funds hold.
Side by side
Sub-score comparison
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Cost difference
VB is 24 bps cheaper than DFAS. On a $100,000 position that's about $240/yr more in fees for DFAS.
Fee figure is the annual expense charged on $100,000. To see how the gap compounds over a multi-decade holding period, open the cost calculator pre-filled with DFAS vs VB.
Top shared holdings
956 shared in total| # | Holding | In DFAS | In VB | Overlap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TTM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. | 0.23% | 0.24% | 0.23% |
| 2 | WESCO INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 0.25% | 0.20% | 0.20% |
| 3 | ONTO INNOVATION INC. | 0.20% | 0.23% | 0.20% |
| 4 | DT MIDSTREAM, INC. | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 5 | ARAMARK | 0.22% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 6 | OVINTIV INC. | 0.19% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 7 | Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. | 0.23% | 0.18% | 0.18% |
| 8 | JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 0.28% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 9 | RAMBUS INC. | 0.18% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 10 | ADVANCED ENERGY INDUSTRIES, INC. | 0.20% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 11 | AMKOR TECHNOLOGY, INC. | 0.18% | 0.17% | 0.17% |
| 12 | PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION | 0.17% | 0.18% | 0.17% |
Only in DFAS
1,096 total- AUTOLIV, INC. 0.17%
- GATES INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION PLC 0.15%
- ENOVA INTERNATIONAL, INC. 0.15%
- GARRETT MOTION INC. 0.13%
- Amdocs Limited 0.13%
- THE CHEFS' WAREHOUSE, INC. 0.11%
- SEZZLE INC. 0.10%
- BIRKENSTOCK HOLDING PLC 0.10%
- PERIMETER SOLUTIONS, INC. 0.10%
- LIVANOVA PLC 0.10%
Only in VB
353 total- Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd 0.55%
- Jabil Inc 0.49%
- REVOLUTION Medicines Inc 0.46%
- Astera Labs Inc 0.45%
- Natera Inc 0.45%
- EMCOR Group Inc 0.45%
- Twilio Inc 0.38%
- NRG Energy Inc 0.37%
- Flex Ltd 0.36%
- Tapestry Inc 0.36%
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More comparisons with VB
- VB vs SMLF · iShares U.S. Small-Cap Equity Factor ETF 49.8%
- VB vs VBK · Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Growth ETF 46.3%
- VB vs SCHA · Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF 46.0%
- VB vs IWR · iShares Russell Mid-Cap ETF 45.2%
- VB vs IWS · iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF 45.2%
- VB vs MDY · State Street SPDR S&P MIDCAP 400 ETF Trust 43.6%
Percentages are holdings overlap with the named fund.
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Holdings overlap is the sum of min(weight_a, weight_b) over positions
matched on ISIN (CUSIP fallback). Methodology: see
/methodology/.
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